About Us
Here at Townends we have specialist knowledge, with over 100 years experience working in the agriculture and food industries. We can provide accountancy services that include these vital expertise to keep your business running efficiently.
Now more than ever, it is essential to have the right people supporting your business and we work closely with our clients and their other advisors, including land agents, bank managers and solicitors, to ensure they receive the best possible advice and service. Areas we are able to assist with include, but are not limited to:
- Land and property advice including Capital Gains Tax
- Diversification including renewable energy generation, barn conversions and tourism
- Business and financial restructuring
- Establishing profitability of different enterprises
- Acquisition of machinery and related tax implications
- Contract farming arrangements
- Agricultural Holdings Act and Farm Business Tenancies
- Succession and dissolution
- Tax planning
- Trust and estate planning
- Inheritance tax and will planning
The Agriculture Team
Our Agriculture Team is headed up by Paul Sharpe (Partner) and David Raspin (Senior Manager) who work closely with the Partners in the Tax & Strategic Planning Department – Fred Verney, Adam Cooper and Jayne Bryars.
Agriculture is a fascinating industry and we are proud to have built long and rewarding relationships with our farming clients over the years, whilst sharing in their many trials, tribulations and triumphs! We would welcome the opportunity to forge new business relationships and would very much like to hear from you.